Recently featured on Fusion TV’s New York Porn, get ready to literally get Harder with the new play that takes #adulting to a whole new level!
Welcome to the Dirty Dish Porn Awards, where everyone wants to know, who will take home the coveted “Best Porn Star of the Year” trophy? Could it be the Twitter-twink socialite, Zach Parks; or how about the fresh off the farm (and fresh off parole), Cody Falls? Or what about that go-go boy, Chris Harder? And does his mother know?!
Loosely based on his own experiences, burlesque performer and former gay porn star Chris Harder transforms himself into a line-up of over-the-top (and bottom) characters, serving you a slice of the adult industry that’s cheeky, charming, and definitely unexpected. #thepornoplay #shinebright #bringyourmom
Written by Chris Harder, “Burlesque’s sweetest, cheekiest star!” (Time Out NY)
Directed by David Drake, (Obie-Award winning actor/writer of The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me).
Contains nudity and strong language (and maybe an eggplant or two.)
Run time: 70 minutes
Bios:
Chris Harder is a writer, actor and burlesque performer. Harder has toured his solo burlesque performances throughout the US as well as Europe including the World Buskers Festival (New Zealand, 2017) and the Vienna Boylesque Festival (2015, 2016). Harder was named “Best of the Naked City” by the Village Voice (2011) and also crowned “Best International Male Performer” at the 2011 World Burlesque Games, London. Since debuting his solo show Porn to be a Star at the Laurie Beechman Theater (NY 2017), Harder has toured with the play from Toronto to Ft. Lauderdale as well as Helsinki, Finland. Most recently, Porn to be a Starwas chosen for the 4 Star Solo Show Festival in Provincetown, MA. Harder is also the writer and producer of the Nasty Drew and That Harder Boy series (NY). Find out more and #getHarder at www.HarderBurlesque.com and @HarderBurlesque on Instagram and Twitter.
David Drake is an actor-writer-director best known as the Obie Award-winning playwright and performer of The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, one of the longest-running solo shows in Off-Broadway history. David also starred in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (succeeding Charles Busch for 856 performances), originated the role of “Miss Deep South” in the hit Pageant, as well as co-starring with Jim J. Bullock in End of the World Party at the 47th St. Theater, and with B.D. Wong in A Language of Their Own at The Public. His TV credits: The Good Wife, Law & Order, The Beat, NY Undercover. Feature films: Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia, as well as It’s Pat, Naked in New York, David Searching, Bear City, Longtime Companion, and his own adaptation of The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me. As a stage director, David has twice been a Directing Fellow at the Sundance Theater Lab, and has directed new works at The Public’s Under the Radar Festival, Joe’s Pub, and Rattlestick, among others. Most notably, Drake director of the 2009 world premiere of Taylor Mac’s The Lily’s Revenge, which made the “10 Best Lists” in The New Yorker, NY Post, The Advocate, Paper Magazine, and won a 2010 Village Voice Obie Award. Most recently, David Drake was made the new Artistic Director of the Provincetown Playhouse, MA.
Press Quotes:
“As real as a Chris Harder money shot.”
-Michael Musto, Chris Harder’s 8 Steps to Gay Porn Stardom, Paper Magazine
“Witty social commentary… Harder showcases his burlesque talents while also letting audiences see his brain and heart.”
-David Clarke, BroadwayWorld.com
“Harder puts his traditional theatre training to excellent use in this production, fueling campy antics with genuine heart and vulnerability. He turns expectations (and himself) upside down.”
-Adrienne Sowers, TheReviewshub.com
“…Harder scores. Big. Not only can Harder do leg splits while standing on his head and high-energy burlesque routines but he has a marvelously expressive face and can effortlessly metamorphose among the characters…”
-Brian Sands, Ambush Magazine, New Orleans
“This one man burlesque show is a hit for its hunky, furry figured acting and even more so for the 31-year-old North Dakota boy’s confidence and charm.”
-John McDonald, SouthFloridaGayNews.com
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